Producer membership
Helping your business thrive in a rapidly changing world...
While the Soil Association provides basic information to organic businesses that are considering 'going organic', Soil Association producer membership gives you unlimited and ongoing access to our full range of support services (scroll to the bottom of this page for an explaination of the different membership options):
Key membership benefits
Advice when you need it
- Telephone helpline: our team of friendly, experienced staff are ready to answer your technical and business development queries
- Technical guides and information sheets: choose from over 50 publications covering every aspect of organic production - designed to help you make informed decisions
- Training and learning events: from inspirational national conferences to specialist training courses and farm walks, we organise a range of quality events that are tailored to your needs
Keeping you informed
- Organic Farming magazine: our 56-page journal is packed with practical information and advice – a must read for farmers and growers, vets and advisers (you will also receive Living Earth, our sister publication to educate and inform the public)
- Organic Farming magazine - Producer e-news: all the latest news, market trends and opportunities – as well as training and events – straight to your inbox each month
- Producer e-news - On-line technical library: access to our extensive web-based resources – including up-to-date price data, marketing contacts, our technical literature and ‘for sales and wanted'
- Technical information
Developing your market
- Market intelligence: Read our informative annual Organic Market Report, access current price data, and identify key industry contacts
- Organic market report - New routes to market: find out more about selling direct to the public, schools and hospitals
- Organic Marketplace: access the UK’s leading on-line database for farm-to-farm sales of feed, forage, livestock – plus jobs, machinery and more
- Organic marketplace
Representing your business interests
- Your voice: we work hard to keep sustainable farming high on the political agenda, representing your interest at local, national and international levels
- Climate friendly food and farming - Farmer and grower board: elected representatives from all sectors – and across the UK – help steer our work and highlight your views
- Farmer and grower board - Changing attitudes: your support helps our wider work to inform the public about the benefits of sustainable agriculture – and the importance of food and farming
- What we do
Membership options to suit your needs
You don’t have to be an organic farmer to join the Soil Association – everyone can benefit from organic techniques:
Producer membership – just £80 a year, benefits include:
- Organic Farming and Living Earth magazines
- Access to over 50 fact sheets and briefing papers – including lists of buyers and suppliers such as Organic Feed Suppliers and Pest and Disease Control Products
- Our e-mail bulletins, training events and seminars
- Join online and start benefiting from producer membership today Please note, this link takes you to a page on our old website while we update our new site. Please add the membership to your basket to join the Soil Association.
Producer membership plus – £168 a year, benefits include:
- All the benefits of producer membership
- Plus unlimited access to our exclusive telephone helpline where our staff are on-hand to help your business succeed.